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Sunday's India Daily Update — twenty-four stories on JSW Steel export pricing and ITC Hotels listing timing, NTPC Green land-use wins and HUL palm hedges, ICICI Coral metro rewards and AU SFB jewellery EMI caps, BSNL BharatNet Assam trenching and BEL naval radar kits, Sarvam Hindi legal weights and Wipro BFSI RAG copilots, Rivigo pharma telemetry and Classplus DRM seed, CERT-In breach clocks and PhonePe SSO patches, ombudsman SMS receipts and Khoyrasole methane monitors, TRAI OTT interoperability, NavIC fisherman alerts, AIIMS dengue platelet slots, Zee Diwali slate, Vistara premium inventory, Ashoka thesis tags, BCCI pace rotation, and Lakmé wedding lip stains.
BusinessJSW Steel Raises Vizag Coil Export Bids as Andhra Port Draft Clears
JSW Steel lifted September export-parity HR coil quotes as Visakhapatnam Port Authority throughput hit a record and Andhra cleared a draft berth-allocation note for coated-coil sailings.
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BusinessITC Hotels Files DRHP Timing as Domestic MICE Travel Rebounds in Q3
StocksNTPC Green Shares Rise as Rajasthan SECI Solar Park Bid Clears Land-Use Nod
AISarvam AI Ships Hindi Legal Summarizer Weights for District Court Filing Desks
SecurityCERT-In Sets Breach-Reporting Clocks for Payment Aggregators Before Festival Traffic
OpinionRBI Ombudsman Case IDs Deserve SMS Receipts Before Lending Apps Go Dark
HealthAIIMS Delhi Adds Post-Monsoon Dengue Platelet Transfusion Slots After Case Spike
PoliticsTRAI Consults on OTT Messaging Interoperability Pilots for Enterprise WhatsApp Rivals
BeautyLakmé Absolute Matte Lip Stains Relaunch for Humid Ganesh Chaturthi Wedding Trials
SportsBCCI Names Test Squad Rotation After Asia Cup Workload Flags for Pace Bowlers
EducationAshoka University Adds Thesis Provenance Tags for Archival History Dissertations
TravelVistara Merges Bengaluru-Singapore Premium Cabin Inventory Ahead of Akasa Competition
EntertainmentZee Studios Locks Diwali Week Theatrical Slate for Hindi and Tamil Releases
ScienceISRO NavIC Ground Receivers Expand Fisherman Alert Mesh in Lakshadweep
OpinionKhoyrasole Coal Belt Methane Monitors Can Pause Auction Blocks Without Delhi Theater
SecurityPhonePe Patches Merchant-Dashboard SSO After Credential-Stuffing Wave
StartupsClassplus Secures Seed Extension on Vernacular Coaching Content DRM
StartupsRivigo Pins Refrigerated Truck Telemetry on Delhi-Mumbai Pharmaceutical Lanes
AIWipro Embeds Document-RAG Copilot in Renewed BFSI Managed-Services Contracts
TechnologyBharat Electronics Ships Naval Radar Upgrade Kits From Bangalore Workshop
TechnologyBSNL Resumes BharatNet Phase III Trenching in Assam as Monsoon Withdrawal Opens
Credit CardsAU Small Finance Bank Lifts Cashback Ceilings on Festive Jewellery EMI Spends
Credit CardsICICI Bank Coral Card Resets Reward Point Expiry on Metro Transit Spends
StocksHindustan Unilever Slips on Palm-Oil Hedge Reset Before Navratri Restocking
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Khoyrasole Coal Belt Methane Monitors Can Pause Auction Blocks Without Delhi Theater
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Hindustan Unilever Slips on Palm-Oil Hedge Reset Before Navratri Restocking
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JSW Steel Raises Vizag Coil Export Bids as Andhra Port Draft Clears
JSW Steel lifted September export-parity HR coil quotes as Visakhapatnam Port Authority throughput hit a record and Andhra cleared a draft berth-allocation note for coated-coil sailings.